In those first few days and weeks after having a baby, all you want to do is rest – even if your baby has other ideas! That’s not surprising – you just spent nine months growing a whole human and now, you have to feed it and care for it while recovering from birth yourself. Be gentle with yourself in

It’s 2 a.m. Your newborn baby won’t stop crying. She’s nursing for what feels like the 50th time in a two-hour stretch. She seems satisfied after feeding – for now – but you know she’ll be howling again in 30 minutes. You start to wonder if your milk is enough. No chance of sleeping now — you need some help.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh…  Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm… Shoo shoo shoo shoo… I don’t know if anyone has figured out how to accurately describe the sound, but most breastfeeding mothers are all too familiar with the telltale hum of the electric pump. While we sometimes curse that repetitive noise while we’re hooked up to a machine that makes us feel